Dakin Campbell

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Investigations Writer at Business Insider

Investigations @businessinsider. Author of GOING PUBLIC (https://t.co/jGzoyMpnNY). Ex-@business. Signal: dakin.11. [email protected].

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The future of America's biggest safety net is in the hands of a career bureaucrat and a hard-charging finance titan

1 month ago | businessinsider.com | Sophie Kleeman |Juliana Kaplan |Reed Alexander |Dakin Campbell

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . The Social Security Administration faces a delicate moment. Its future teeters between a career bureaucrat and a former Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase executive who may bring order — or further tumult. The agency maintains the country's largest safety net. It employs nearly 60,000 federal workers and provides benefits to over 73 million Americans.
La última víctima de los aranceles de Trump: las salidas a bolsa

1 month ago | businessinsider.es | Dakin Campbell |Andrea Gómez Bobillo

A pesar de las señales prometedoras a finales de 2024, el esperado auge de las OPV se desinfló en 2025, con empresas como Klarna y StubHub posponiendo sus salidas. Con las OPV estancadas y el capital fluyendo en privado, el acceso a la riqueza de Silicon Valley se aleja aún más del público, profundizando la desigualdad financiera. Hace unos meses, tras años de pésimos resultados, parecía que las salidas a bolsa (OPV) estaban por fin a punto de remontar.
The IPO Comeback Is Stalling Out, Thanks to Trump's Tariffs

2 months ago | businessinsider.com | Edith Honan |Dakin Campbell |Henry Blodget

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . A few months ago, after years of abysmal performance, it looked like IPOs were finally set for a comeback. ServiceTitan, a software platform for general contractors, saw its stock soar by 35% after its debut in December.
The White House's promotion of Tesla's stock is an ethics nightmare — and it's not even working

2 months ago | businessinsider.com | Dakin Campbell

Politics Andrew Harnik/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick pushed "unbelievably cheap" Tesla stock on Fox News this week. Lutnick is the latest White House member to promote Elon Musk's company amid its sharp stock decline. Ethics experts say it's cause for concern. "The Commerce Secretary is not Jim Cramer," one said.
Trump and Musk froze USAID funding to put Americans first. US citizens are feeling the impact.

Feb 18, 2025 | businessinsider.com | Dakin Campbell

Economy A worker removes the sign at the US Agency for International Development's Washington, DC, headquarters on February 7, after President Donald Trump and Elon Musk abruptly froze the agency. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . President Trump froze USAID spending to put "American interests" first.
AI's $20 Billion Air Pollution Price Tag

Dec 9, 2024 | businessinsider.com | Dakin Campbell |Hannah Beckler

Researchers find AI-related emissions will soon rival that of all the cars in California. AI electricity consumption could cause asthma deaths to spike by more than a third in the next six years. In Virginia alone, AI's backup diesel generators could lead to 190 air-pollution-related deaths. Researchers have found that the training of one large AI language model — like Meta's Llama 3.1 — would generate as much air pollution as a car driving round-trip from New York to Los Angeles 10,000 times.
Macy's $132 million mystery has auditing experts scratching their heads

Nov 25, 2024 | finance.yahoo.com | Dominick Reuter |Dakin Campbell

MicroStrategy (MSTR) said Monday it purchased another 55,000 bitcoins (BTC-USD) last week for $5.4 billion as the world's largest cryptocurrency was trading at all-time highs. Shares of the company traded on both sides of the flat line following the news but closed the session down 4%In a filing with the SEC, MicroStrategy said it spent $5.4 billion to acquire these bitcoins between Nov. 18 and Nov. 24, buying the bitcoin at an average price of $97,862.
Macy's $132 million mystery has auditing experts scratching their heads

Nov 25, 2024 | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Dominick Reuter |Dakin Campbell

• None Macy's said it discovered an employee intentionally made accounting errors totaling $132 to $154 million. • None Auditing experts told BI the available evidence suggests a failure of internal accounting controls. • None They said the issue should have been caught much earlier —regardless of any single employee's intent.
Macy's $132 million mystery has auditing experts scratching their heads

Nov 25, 2024 | businessinsider.com | Dominick Reuter |Dakin Campbell

Macy's said it discovered an employee intentionally made accounting errors totaling $132 to $154 million. Auditing experts told BI the available evidence suggests a failure of internal accounting controls. They said the issue should have been caught much earlier —regardless of any single employee's intent.
Business Insider Wins Barlett and Steele Award

Oct 8, 2024 | businessinsider.com | Nicole Einbinder |Dakin Campbell

Einbinder and Campbell's investigation uncovered how prison healthcare giant Corizon had pulled a controversial legal maneuver called the Texas Two-Step to skirt 475 lawsuits alleging negligent care. Through court documents, LLC registrations, short-seller reports, other public records and dogged reporting, Einbinder and Campbell uncovered a story that roiled both Corizon and the bankruptcy court of the Southern District of Texas.

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dakin campbell @dakincampbell

8 Apr 25

Consider this a coda of sorts to my book about the last boom in IPOs

Edith Honan @edithhonan

IPOs aren't coming back this year and that's bad news for everyone. There's less incentive to innovate and mom-and-pop investors have fewer chances to strike it big with the next Facebook or Airbnb. Smart analysis from @dakincampbell and @RebeccaTorrenc5 https://t.co/jbREUTRmYx

dakin campbell @dakincampbell

21 Mar 25

RT @TracyConnor: "The Commerce Secretary is not Jim Cramer," ethics expert Richard Painter told @dakincampbell https://t.co/VkhwoXVnvZ

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25 Feb 25

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